downstart
noun
: an Irishman of good birth and upbringing but with little fortune
often : a younger son of a good family
Word History
Etymology
down entry 2 + -start (as in upstart)
- straightway drill
- straightway pump
- straightwayer
- straightwayest
- straightways
- straightwayyer
- straightwayyest
- straik
- straiked
- straiking
- straiks
- strain
- strain a point
- strain at the leash
- strain band
- strain diagram
- strain gage
- strain gauge
- strain insulator
- strain one's ears
- strain one's eyes
- strain one's neck
- strain oneself
- strain shadows
- strain sheet